pep

See also: PEP, Pep, pép, pèp, and pęp

English

Etymology

Abbreviation of pepper (“spice”)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛp/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɛp

Verb

pep (third-person singular simple present peps, present participle pepping, simple past and past participle pepped)

1. (informal, transitive) To inject with energy and enthusiasm.
   • 1995, Faithless (lyrics and music), “Insomnia”:

     At least a couple of weeks since I last slept,
     Kept takin' sleepers, but now I keep myself pepped.

Derived terms

• pep up

Translations

to inject with energy and enthusiasm

• Bulgarian: стимулирам (bg) (stimuliram)
• Catalan: animar (ca), encoratjar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 激励 (zh) (jīlì)

• Finnish: villitä (fi), energisoida, elävöittää (fi), piristää (fi), virkistää (fi)
• French: énergiser (fr), ravigoter (fr), revigorer (fr)
• German: aufpeppen (de)
• Hungarian: buzdít (hu), lelkesít (hu)
• Swedish: peppa (sv)

Noun

pep (countable and uncountable, plural peps)

1. (informal) Energy, high spirits.
   • 1972, H. E. Bates, The Song of the Wren:

     She was particularly pleased with the wine, which at not infrequent intervals she tasted. Beyond all doubt it promised to be of vintage quality. Clearly the long hot summer had put more than a little pep into the berries.

Synonyms

• energy, high spirits, vim

Derived terms

• pep in one's step
• pep pill
• pep rally
• pep squad
• pep talk

 

Descendants

• → German: Pep

Translations

energy and enthusiasm

• Bulgarian: енергия (bg) f (energija), жизненост (bg) f (žiznenost)
• Catalan: energia (ca) f, entusiasme (ca) m, braó (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活力 (zh) (huólì), 热情 (zh) (rèqíng) (uncountable)

• Czech: elán m, verva (cs) f, energie (cs) f, šťáva (cs) f, šmrnc (cs) m
• Finnish: energia (fi), puhti (fi), tarmo (fi)
• French: pep (fr) m, peps (fr) m, tonus (fr) m, punch (fr) m, entrain (fr) m
• German: Enthusiasmus (de) m, Elan (de) m, Faszination (de) f, Begeisterung (de) f, Pep (de) m, Schwung (de) m
• Hungarian: lelkesedés (hu), energia (hu), lendület (hu), életerő (hu), élet (hu)
• Polish: energia (pl) f, wigor (pl) m
• Russian: эне́ргия (ru) (enérgija), прыть (ru) (prytʹ)
• Swedish: pepp (sv) n

Anagrams

• EPP, PPE

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pep.

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

pep c (uncountable)

1. (slang) the drug speed

   Synonym: speed

Kombio

Noun

pep

1. water

   Pep apm al-el ka nipel yatip.

   The water I drank was very bitter.

References

• Henry, Joan. Kombio Grammar Essentials. Ms. 123pp. (1992).

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /peːp/

Verb

pep

1. past indicative of pipa

Volapük

Noun

pep (uncountable peps)

1. pepper (spice)

Declension

declension of pep

	singular
nominative	pep
genitive	pepa
dative	pepe
accusative	pepi
vocative 1	o pep!
predicative 2	pepu

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only